'Four Dreamings' by Carbiene McDonald
This is a story about Petermann Range near Kaltukatjara/Docker River. The shapes Carbiene paints represent an abstracted form of a series of important waterholes through the Petermann Ranges. Some of these sacred places now also have small Family Outstations or Homelands established nearby. Tjunti is the name of a family outstation named for a soakage where the Hull River cuts through the Petermann Ranges. This is where Lasseter took refuge during his ill-fated expedition in search of gold. The cave he was found in near Tjunti is called Kuḻpi Tjuntinya, now commonly called Lasseter's Cave in English. The Petermann Ranges have now been designated an area of Conservation significance and the government work closely with local families in managing the area.
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